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QNX® Software Development Platform 6.5.0 io-pkt-v4, io-pkt-v4-hc, and io-pkt-v6-hc Patch (Patch ID 2530): Installation Note
Date of this edition: July 13, 2011
Target OS: This patch is compatible with targets that are running QNX® Neutrino® 6.5.0.
Host OS: In order to apply this patch, you must have installed the QNX Software Development Platform 6.5.0:
- as a self-hosted QNX Neutrino development system
- or on one of the following development hosts:
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32- and 64-bit, Vista Business 32- and 64-bit, XP Professional SP3, or 2000 SP4
- Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Desktop 32- and 64-bit, Red Hat Fedora 12, Ubuntu Workstation 9.10 32- and 64-bit, or openSUSE 11.2
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For information about the issues that this patch addresses, see the release notes. |
This note includes:
- Installing this patch
- Installing the updated symbol files (optional)
- Uninstalling this patch
- Technical support
Installing this patch
- Log in as root (or with administrator privileges on Windows).
- On Debian 3.1 hosts, set up your environment by typing:
source /etc/profile
- Download the patch-650-2530-io-pkt.tar archive to your host environment.
- Verify that the patch's checksum matches the one given on our website.
- On Windows hosts, run cmd.exe.
- Use the applypatch utility to install the patch:
- On Linux, if you use sudo (as would be the case on Ubuntu),
you must specify the -E option to preserve the environment.
In this case, the PATH environment variable is set
to a safe one for security reasons, so you need to specify the full path to
the utility:
sudo -E $QNX_HOST/usr/bin/applypatch patch-650-2530-io-pkt.tar - On other hosts, type:
applypatch patch-650-2530-io-pkt.tar
For more information about applypatch, see its entry in the Utilities Reference.
- On Linux, if you use sudo (as would be the case on Ubuntu),
you must specify the -E option to preserve the environment.
In this case, the PATH environment variable is set
to a safe one for security reasons, so you need to specify the full path to
the utility:
Installing the updated symbol files (optional)
If you've installed the symbol files for QNX SDP 6.5.0, you should update them from the accompanying patch-650-2530-io-pkt-sym.tar file that's in the Download area of our website. To install these files, do the following:
- Download patch-650-2530-io-pkt-sym.tar from the Download area of our website into the working directory of your choice.
- Determine the base directory of your QNX SDP installation by opening a shell and using the qconfig command.
- cd base_directory
- Back up the following files:
- target/qnx6/armle-v7/sbin/io-pkt-v4-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/armle-v7/sbin/io-pkt-v4.sym
- target/qnx6/armle-v7/sbin/io-pkt-v6-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/armle/sbin/io-pkt-v4-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/armle/sbin/io-pkt-v4.sym
- target/qnx6/armle/sbin/io-pkt-v6-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/mipsbe/sbin/io-pkt-v4-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/mipsbe/sbin/io-pkt-v4.sym
- target/qnx6/mipsbe/sbin/io-pkt-v6-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/mipsle/sbin/io-pkt-v4-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/mipsle/sbin/io-pkt-v4.sym
- target/qnx6/mipsle/sbin/io-pkt-v6-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/ppcbe-spe/sbin/io-pkt-v4-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/ppcbe-spe/sbin/io-pkt-v4.sym
- target/qnx6/ppcbe-spe/sbin/io-pkt-v6-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/ppcbe/sbin/io-pkt-v4-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/ppcbe/sbin/io-pkt-v4.sym
- target/qnx6/ppcbe/sbin/io-pkt-v6-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/shle/sbin/io-pkt-v4-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/shle/sbin/io-pkt-v4.sym
- target/qnx6/shle/sbin/io-pkt-v6-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/x86/sbin/io-pkt-v4-hc.sym
- target/qnx6/x86/sbin/io-pkt-v4.sym
- target/qnx6/x86/sbin/io-pkt-v6-hc.sym
- tar -xvf path_to_working_dir/patch-650-2530-io-pkt-sym.tar
Uninstalling this patch
- Log in as root (or with administrator privileges on Windows).
- On Debian 3.1 hosts, set up your environment by typing:
source /etc/profile
- On Windows hosts, run cmd.exe.
- Use the applypatch utility to install the patch:
- On Linux, if you use sudo (as would be the case on Ubuntu),
you must specify the -E option to preserve the environment.
In this case, the PATH environment variable is set
to a safe one for security reasons, so you need to specify the full path to
the utility:
sudo -E $QNX_HOST/usr/bin/applypatch -U 2530 - On other hosts, type:
applypatch -U 2530
- On Linux, if you use sudo (as would be the case on Ubuntu),
you must specify the -E option to preserve the environment.
In this case, the PATH environment variable is set
to a safe one for security reasons, so you need to specify the full path to
the utility:
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If you installed the updated symbol files, restore the previous versions from the backups you made. |
Technical support
If you have any questions, comments, or problems with a QNX product, please contact Technical Support. For more information, see the How to Get Help chapter of the Welcome to the QNX Software Development Platform guide or visit our website, www.qnx.com.